Date of Conferral

2022

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Public Policy and Administration

Advisor

Gary Kelsey

Abstract

Urban planning and community development scholars continue to be interested in creative placemaking, a process meant to facilitate strategic partnerships between public and private sectors, art and culture communities, and community sectors, and the role it plays within the displacement of residents living in gentrified neighborhoods. However, researchers have found that the implementation of creative placemaking results in gentrification-related outcomes. Researchers have found a connection between the lack of affordable housing and gentrification-related displacement when creative placemaking is implemented. Researchers have suggested that stakeholder decisions direct the outcomes related to the implementation of creative placemaking; however, there is a lack of research concerning stakeholder perceptions regarding homelessness in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification. A qualitative, single case study approach was used to explore stakeholder perceptions and the influence they have on the decision-making process. Purposive interviews were conducted with nine participants that represented the public and private sector, art and culture community, and business owners within the community of interest. A combined collaborative governance and advocacy coalition framework lens was used to examine and analyze the data, which revealed patterns of core policy beliefs that determine how partnerships are formed and who is identified as a stakeholder. The findings of this study revealed opportunities for positive social change by avoiding or mitigating gentrification-related displacement as well as expanding the discipline of public policy and administration by beginning to explore the definition of affordable housing.

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